… is one particular person whose Gmail account has been deactivated after a court order for absolutely no fault of his/hers.
The ruling stems from a monumental error by the Wilson, Wyo.-based Rocky Mountain Bank. On Aug. 12, the bank mistakenly sent names, addresses, social security numbers and loan information of more than 1,300 customers to a Gmail address. When the bank realized the problem, it sent a message to that same address asking the recipient to contact the bank and destroy the file without opening it. No one responded, so the bank contacted Google to ask for information about the account holder.
Google told the bank to go to court. The bank filed a petition to get Google to disclose information about the user and to deactivate the account.
The court complied.